Self-Driving Cars Could Save 300,000 Lives Per Decade in America

[Spendulus]

I wonder how many people will be killed due to errors in these self driving cars. GPS navigation systems and google maps are not even fully accurate.

Really important point. I've often found myself in locations that don't exist on GPS systems, and it saying we're home when we're miles away, etc.

Oh, I don't think many would be killed.  That would only be if it was absolutely necessary.

There might be quite a few, though, that didn't get to important meetings on time.  Meetings where things were decided, you know.

People that weren't playing the right side.

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[zuziii3]

just wonder how many they could kill heh......

[Lenore]

just wonder how many they could kill heh......

I think the self driving cars woud be cool.  However I could see them being a problem.  Someone mentioned ealier about police beingsbleto.  Use them at there liesure.  Which in time you know would happen.  Not only that with these types of system they would also find a way to know every movment a certain car makes.   Maybe even how long it was at a location or the next location you are headed to.   I dont feel confortable letting such a thing get in the hands of our govenment.   They would know everything that we are doing, where we are, and where we are going.  Im not down for any of that. 

Also someone mentioned about hackers.  Or even moving sensors that the car reads as its driving down the road.  All depends on the system these cars have and how theybare self driven.  But I would bet its possible to make one go off its course.

[ThePrinceofTea]

GPS is more then accurate enough that is not the problem.
Core parts of the self driving car are the information gathering sensors and the software that handles the information correct. There is still more testing needed, also there would be a need to fundamentally change the law regarding car driving (and probaly car insurance).

Imagine a "bug".

1. exactly sensors can work offline.
2. a bug like in winxp? however it's impossible that the bug be synchronized among all autodrives (tm, (c), (r)).
3. Imagine a bug in nuclear plants... or traffic lightning, or... autodrive (tm, (c), (r)) is less dangerous...

[criptix]

GPS is more then accurate enough that is not the problem.
Core parts of the self driving car are the information gathering sensors and the software that handles the information correct. There is still more testing needed, also there would be a need to fundamentally change the law regarding car driving (and probaly car insurance).

Imagine a "bug".

1. exactly sensors can work offline.
2. a bug like in winxp? however it's impossible that the bug be synchronized among all autodrives (tm, (c), (r)).
3. Imagine a bug in nuclear plants... or traffic lightning, or... autodrive (tm, (c), (r)) is less dangerous...

1. GPS is not a sensor. And there are no "online sensors" used
2. I dont think you understand what i said.
3. No need to imagine, already happened.
Bugs will be important regarding driving and insurance.

[ThePrinceofTea]

GPS is more then accurate enough that is not the problem.
Core parts of the self driving car are the information gathering sensors and the software that handles the information correct. There is still more testing needed, also there would be a need to fundamentally change the law regarding car driving (and probaly car insurance).

Imagine a "bug".

1. exactly sensors can work offline.
2. a bug like in winxp? however it's impossible that the bug be synchronized among all autodrives (tm, (c), (r)).
3. Imagine a bug in nuclear plants... or traffic lightning, or... autodrive (tm, (c), (r)) is less dangerous...

1. GPS is not a sensor. And there are no "online sensors" used
2. I dont think you understand what i said.
3. No need to imagine, already happened.
Bugs will be important regarding driving and insurance.

gps is a sensor, it sense the position of global position satellites. other sensors are movement detection, temperature etc etc...

sensor sense reality into data (1,0). sensors are gateway to digitization.

there aren't that many pasterns of behavior (or event) in the road... (I mean in trillion)...

[criptix]

GPS is more then accurate enough that is not the problem.
Core parts of the self driving car are the information gathering sensors and the software that handles the information correct. There is still more testing needed, also there would be a need to fundamentally change the law regarding car driving (and probaly car insurance).

Imagine a "bug".

1. exactly sensors can work offline.
2. a bug like in winxp? however it's impossible that the bug be synchronized among all autodrives (tm, (c), (r)).
3. Imagine a bug in nuclear plants... or traffic lightning, or... autodrive (tm, (c), (r)) is less dangerous...

1. GPS is not a sensor. And there are no "online sensors" used
2. I dont think you understand what i said.
3. No need to imagine, already happened.
Bugs will be important regarding driving and insurance.

gps is a sensor, it sense the position of global position satellites. other sensors are movement detection, temperature etc etc...

sensor sense reality into data (1,0). sensors are gateway to digitization.

there aren't that many pasterns of behavior (or event) in the road... (I mean in trillion)...

You are right. I was wrong in my explanation.
What i meant to say is that gps isnt used as a selfdriving sensor like infrared light and radio waves.
Gps shows the car which way to take. The other sensors and the processing software  will drive the car.

It is sometimes annoying to not talk in your mother tongue.

*edit

Regarding your last sentence.
Every single human is an infinite amount of events

[BADecker]

Yabut. Think of what this will do to insurance, especially if you drive both kinds of vehicle.